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38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher,[a] we wish to see a sign from you.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:38 Teacher: see note on Mt 8:19. In Mt 16:1 the request is for a sign “from heaven” (Mk 8:11).

Chapter 16

The Demand for a Sign. [a](A)The Pharisees and Sadducees came and, to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:1 A sign from heaven: see note on Mt 12:38–42.

The Demand for a Sign. 11 [a]The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with him,(A) seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:11–12 The objection of the Pharisees that Jesus’ miracles are unsatisfactory for proving the arrival of God’s kingdom is comparable to the request of the crowd for a sign in Jn 6:30–31. Jesus’ response shows that a sign originating in human demand will not be provided; cf. Nm 14:11, 22.

22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,(A)

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